Pro-Amarinder Leaders Tweet against Proposed Promotion of Sidhu Who Will Meet Sonia

Even before the Congress high command could formally announce its “peace formula” for the crisis-riddled Punjab unit, the infighting seems to have intensified further after reports of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s elevation as state party chief. Sources said Sidhu has been called to Delhi by party president Sonia Gandhi for a meeting, though the agenda was not known. Party incharge for Punjab Harish Rawat is also expected to be present.

Chandigarh witnessed huge political drama on Thursday after Rawat reportedly said that Sidhu will take over as the party’s state unit chief. Though he took a U-turn later, claiming the final decision was yet to be taken, Rawat’s previous statement had set off a flurry of political activity in Punjab’s capital with the camps of both chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and Sidhu going into huddles to decide their next moves.

Reports of Sidhu’s elevation have seemingly not gone down well with many senior party leaders in the state. One of them, former union minister Manish Tewari, who is considered close to the CM, took to Twitter on Friday to bat for a non-Sikh state unit president.